Cherry-seeder.



H. G. 1N GRAM.

CHERRY SBEDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.2,1911.

1,039,756. Patented 001;. 1, 1912.

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' 6 www H. G. INGRAM.

CHERRY SEEDER.

APPLIGATION 111m s111112, 1911.

1,039,750. Patented 001.11912.

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A mw a/ E Horace G. Ing/d m TED STATES EPAT@NTl EOEACE G. INGRAM, OFJUNIATA, PENNSYLVANXA, ASSG-NOR F ONE-HAE? SAMUEL GOLDBERG, 0F ALTOONA,PENNSYLVNA.

CHERRY-semana.

assenso.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented (1ct. 1, 31212.

Application led September 2, 1911. Serial No. 647,402.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE G. INGRAM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Juniata, in the county of Blair and State oi Pennsylvania,have invented new and useful Improvements for Cherry-Seeders, of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved apparatusfor seeding cherries or other like fruit b means of which the shape ofthe fruit is preserved while the seed is extracted.

lilith this and other objects in view my invention consists of thecombinationand arrangement of parts shown in the accompanying drawings,in which- Figure 1 is a perspective viewjof the seeder complete. Fig. 2is a lan view. Fig. 3 is a detail of one form ci) punch for extractingthe seed. Fig. 4isa side view of the seeder. Fig. is a view on line 5-5.of Fig. 4 partly in section, and in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 6is an end view of the cam for operating the disk of the seeder. 7 is adetail showing the opening through which the punch passes.

Similar letters and iigures refer to similar parts throughout thedrawings.

My invention consists of a base A hav-4 ing supporting legs, which mayhave openings 2 for securing it to a table or other support. Upon thisbase A is pivoted a disk 3 having openings l- 4 for relceiving thefruit. These openings 4 4 have collars 55 secured in them so that 'thefruit will be readily moved along without mashing or mutilating it. Thecollars 5 are so placed in the openings 4, that the widest part isalways in the rear or" the direction of movement of the rhe disk 3 hasalso notches 6 6 at regular distances, 4so that the diss. c i be movedintermittent-ly by means of a cam 7. The cam 7 is fastened to a pivot 8,which is secured in a bearing 9 and operated by a crank 10. The cam 7has a curved edge 11, which is so arranged that it engages the slot 6,and moves the disk 3 a given `distance during a complete revolution ofthe cam. Tn this instance the cam T moves the disk 3 through sixtydegrees of the circle. This can be varied, however, it the size of thedisk 3 is increased or decreased. i

The punching mechanism consists of a standard 13 secured to the base A37At the upper end of this stem 13 is pivoted an arm 14. This arm extendsforward over the disk 3. t is normally held upward by means of a spring17, which has a coil about the pivotv on the arm 14. Near the middle ofthe arm 14 is a d0wnwardly extending lug 15 whose lower end is bentbackward forming an inclined surface on the end 16. This surface isengaged by a pin 12 on the cam 7, which presses it downwardly a uniformdistance during every revolution oit the cam. At 'the forward end of thearm 14 is a cross arm 1B-19. The end 18 is curved downwardly andoutwardly as shown at 20, and the end 19 has a punch 21 fastened to it.This punch also extends downwardly at right-angles to the arm, andpasses through an opening in a plate 25, which extends over Athe disk 3,and has the'openings centrally placed over the circle of the openings 4in the disk 3. The arm 14 also has a slot 23 cut in this forward end,through which an upwardly extending post 22 passes and acts as a guidefor the forward end of the arm. This directs the punch, and thedownwardly extending arm in their proper laces. Fastened to the base Ais an upwar ly extending arm 27, to which is fastened a hopper 26, bymeans of a screw 28. This upwardly extending arm 27 may have a slot cutin it so as to make the hopper adjustable in order to bring it lcloser'to the disk 3, or farther away from it when the size ot the fruitchanges. A stop 24 is attached to the base .A, and has its upper endcurved downwardly, so as to extend over the arm 14, and limit its upwardmovement.

From this description it will readily he seen that the operation of thedevice is asl follows: The operator grasps the crank 10 and drops fruitin the hopper, thus by turning the crank the cam Y isl rctated, which inturn through the curved face 11, rotates the disk 3 by engaging one ofthe notches 6. This brings the i'ruit under the punching mechanismq andby means of pin 12, which engages the upper surface of arm 16, the punchis depressed through the opening of the plate 25, and passes through thecenter of the fruit in the opening 4 of the disk. This engages the iceseed of the fruit and pushes it threugh the opening" .28 in the bottomof the bese Af rlhe fruit is held in place by reason of the tact, thatit is considerable larger then the opening E28, and when the crank isturned and the disk partly rotated, the fruit is passed along until itreaches the opposite side of the bese en At this point en opening 29 lis forined which is substantially the seme size es openings 4t of thedislf; 3. lf the fruit does not readily drop out in to the recept-solethrough this epening9 the curved end of the erin 20 pushes it through,when the punching inechn enisin is depressed This erin 2O T) is celleden ejector. Any torni of punch tliet is suit able tor the fruit to beseeded insu-ff be used, and the openings through which it is passed, y

end through which the seed passes are so i cordingly modified "What lclaim is;

l. ln e, cherry seeder the combination oi* a base, e hopper forcontaining fruit, a' punchingmechanism for extracting the seed :from the:truit consisting oil s spring,- pressed ejected, 21, pi'vo'ted ceinbese., notches in le' sind cern for automation.

automatically operating seid mechanism.

2. ln cherry seeder the combination i e hase7 a he per s rotatable disklie-Wi:

openings thereni foi@ :eeceiving the fruit, ssi

piivoted on the hess7 s for en elly opt-rsf D n, u a punching incDtndsni consismns spring' pressederin lining s punch nioun on its end;and operated :it regulen inteisfsls7 hotes in the base for dropping theseed'snd inuitrespectively, and ineens on said punchingw mechanism forforcing the fruit through said opening, so es to automatically clear thedisk and e pin lmounted in said cani and adapted to operate seid springpressed erin.

3. ln a cherry seeder the combination ot a base, s hopper, s punchingmechanism con sisting of a spring pressed arm having a punch and fruitejector mounted in its end,

a rotatable disk for conveying the fruit from the hopper to the punchingmechanism, e cani for automatically operating the disln s pin in seidcom for operating seid. spring pressed arm, a guide passingn thro 'gliforward end of the arno, and secured the base for insuring thecentering;l ont the punch and the ejector.

ll. lira. cherry seeder the combination ofA s buse, e rotatable disk forcarrying' the fruit mounted on seid bese., notches 1n seid disk etnegulai intervals, e. cern yroteitebly' mounted on en et right to seid.

disk on the bese and shaped so es to int-en inittently rotate seid diskby engaging the notches e spring pressed erm normally held in s raisedposition and ineens on seid cinn foiT intermittently engaging anddepressing' seid arm`3 substantially es describeda nWit-nesses z Anim

